[PW] claim--"New York Times Bestseller"

[Carolyn]

At 12:20 PM 1/23/2008, Daphne wrote:
>   According to this site, the book was #25 on the 11/4/2007 list. The list
>in the NYTBR only goes up to #15. Is there another list somewhere?
>Where is the "bestseller" cutoff?

I don't have any facts to contribute, but I remember learning once 
that what constitutes a best seller is surprising. A book doesn't 
have to sell the gazillion copies one might expect in order to 
qualify. There are different lists, based on different data, but even 
a not-very-popular book can make it for a short time if it sells in a 
blitz to its niche audience, after which it quietly disappears.

Carolyn Haley
DocuMania